Onwards into the rainforest. From a cool, temperate San Cristobal it was on to a refrigerated bus and out 10 hours later into tropical, sticky as a toffee apple Palenque.
Palenque sports some of the most famous Mayan ruins and is truly stunning. Hacked out in the middle of the rainforest replete with howler monkeys, Palenque sits calmly in the middle and its pyramids tower above the adjacent canopy.
Whilst scaling the various pyramids (great fun in 35 degree heat, Jane Fonda eat your heart out) I met an Irish girl who had travelled for two and a half years starting in 2003. Working her way back from Australia to Dublin overland. Various highlights included living with a tribe in Indonesia and hitchhiking through Siberia. My hardcoreometer had to be recalibrated.
On the way back we passed by the impressive Misol-Ha waterfalls and the gorgeously blue cascades at Aqua Azul.
Photos here
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